Tucson Mayor Jonathan Rothschild joined community leaders as part of the Steps to Success initiative on August 3, knocking on 196 doors in hopes of re-enrolling students who had dropped out of school the year before.

Superintendent Dr. H.T. Sánchez, left, Chancellor of Pima Community College Lee Lambert, right, and Mayor Rothschild speaks with the mother of a student that dropped out of school on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 in Tucson, Ariz. Her son, who was working at his job, wants to go back to school and the Steps to Success team members plan to revisit her home on Friday to encourage him to re-enroll. (Rick Scuteri/AP Images for Pearson)

University of Arizona basketball players Ray Smith, left, and Dusan Ristic, right, encourage Simon, a dropout student, to re-enroll back in school on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 in Tucson, Ariz. (Rick Scuteri/AP Images for Pearson)

Superintendent Dr. H.T. Sánchez, right, talks with Dalton about why he should go back to school and graduate on time on Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 in Tucson, Ariz. (Rick Scuteri/AP Images for Pearson)

Youth On Their Own (YOTO), a Tucson drop out prevention program, linked on their website Arizona Education News’ article “Billions in the Balance: Mayors Sound Alarm, Join Forces to Improve Grad Rates.” full article>

KJZZ, the NPR station Phoenix, AZ, covered the Arizona Mayors Roundtable report which covers a series of city profiles that show the social and economic losses for both high school dropouts and those who are neither in school nor work. Full article and broadcast here>

In part one of three part series, Arizona Education News reports on ways Arizona mayors are working together to improve high school graduation rates. The article highlights the Arizona Mayors Education Roundtable report as one way mayors are joining forces. full article here>

John Gomperts, President & CEO of America’s Promise Alliance, mentioned AZMRT’s report in a blog post that praises Bill Gates focus on the centrality of relationships as the crucial intervention to help more young people successfully complete college. full article>